Local Man Wins Big in Illinois Lottery Jackpot

Joel Schoenborn, 25 of Waterloo, IL, won the $26 million jackpot on since September 2016. Schoenborn reports that the first thing he plans to do is to travel up to Chicago, visit Wrigley Field, and buy up all front-row tickets behind home plate to distribute to his close friends who are also fellow Chicago Cubs fans; Schoenborn also reports the first ones who will receive the tickets, also season tickets, are his close friends Ashley Gardner, Sarah Kingsley and her sister Paige Kingsley, and his fraternity brothers and good friends Justin Stephens and Patrick Codo. Though Schoenborn reports that he is “quite elated at having won all that money”, he will not let all that money change how he lives, donating a majority of his winnings to an undisclosed charity.